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<span id="IACHAR-_002d_002d_002d-Code-in-ASCII-collating-sequence"></span><h3 class="section">8.135 <code>IACHAR</code> &mdash; Code in <acronym>ASCII</acronym> collating sequence</h3>
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<dt><em>Description</em>:</dt>
<dd><p><code>IACHAR(C)</code> returns the code for the <acronym>ASCII</acronym> character
in the first character position of <code>C</code>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><em>Standard</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Fortran 95 and later, with <var>KIND</var> argument Fortran 2003 and later
</p>
</dd>
<dt><em>Class</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Elemental function
</p>
</dd>
<dt><em>Syntax</em>:</dt>
<dd><p><code>RESULT = IACHAR(C [, KIND])</code>
</p>
</dd>
<dt><em>Arguments</em>:</dt>
<dd><table>
<tr><td width="15%"><var>C</var></td><td width="70%">Shall be a scalar <code>CHARACTER</code>, with <code>INTENT(IN)</code></td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%"><var>KIND</var></td><td width="70%">(Optional) A scalar <code>INTEGER</code> constant
expression indicating the kind parameter of the result.</td></tr>
</table>

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<dt><em>Return value</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>The return value is of type <code>INTEGER</code> and of kind <var>KIND</var>. If
<var>KIND</var> is absent, the return value is of default integer kind.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><em>Example</em>:</dt>
<dd><div class="example">
<pre class="example">program test_iachar
  integer i
  i = iachar(' ')
end program test_iachar
</pre></div>

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<dt><em>Note</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>See <a href="ICHAR.html">ICHAR</a> for a discussion of converting between numerical values
and formatted string representations.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><em>See also</em>:</dt>
<dd><p><a href="ACHAR.html">ACHAR</a>, <br>
<a href="CHAR.html">CHAR</a>, <br>
<a href="ICHAR.html">ICHAR</a>
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